1957 Johnson City Phillies Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 46-23
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Ben Taylor (46-23)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Keystone Field
Attendance: 20,712, Avg. 600

1957 Johnson City Phillies Roster

The Johnson City Phillies of the Appalachian League ended the 1957 season with a record of 46 wins and 23 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Phillies topped the league with just 386 runs allowed. Johnson City scored 484 runs. Bobby Wine drove in 42 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .337 average. Chris Short paced the team with 9 wins, while Robert George recorded a 2.31 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Chris Short and Bobby Wine both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Ben Taylor served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Chris Short	9	2	.818	3.45	15	12		7	1		99.0	79	48	38	3	56		119	2	8
Robert George	6	2	.750	2.31	16	6		3	0		70.0	55	27	18	3	31		69	2	1
Bob Gontkosky	5	1	.833	3.77	15	9		4	0		62.0	46	40	26	3	59		99	1	8
Edward Lockhart	5	2	.714	6.17	17	5		2	1		54.0	61	45	37	5	36		59	3	4
Robert Whelan	4	0	1.000	2.54	9	4		2	0		39.0	33	16	11	1	18		27	0	1
David Steplitus	4	4	.500	4.24	13	8		3	0		68.0	58	48	32	5	48		86	2	4
Al Pacholke	3	1	.750	3.56	14	3		0	0		48.0	50	25	19	2	22		38	4	1
James Farland	3	5	.375	5.32	20	10		2	2		66.0	68	53	39	2	64		85	5	9
Edward Hughes	3	6	.333	6.27	15	10		3	0		66.0	70	55	46	6	45		70	5	3
Joseph Persiponko	2	0	1.000		4						0.0
Edward Reifert	1	0	1.000		7						0.0
Joe Edson	1	0	1.000		3						0.0
Jerry Johnson	0	0			1						0.0
Jimmy Shively	0	0			1						0.0
Totals	46	23	.667	4.19	150	67	0	26	4	0	572.0	520	357	266	30	379	0	652	24	39	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Bobby Wine	54	232	202	53	68	11	6	6	42	10		29	37	.337	.420	.540	.960	109		0	1	0
James Nidds	60	265	216	51	66	8	2	1	26	20		41	31	.306	.412	.375	.787	81		1	3	4
Richard Shepler	64	280	225	48	61	7	3	6	37	14		41	86	.271	.398	.409	.807	92		7	6	1
James Hatfield	46	197	172	39	54	6	4	8	30	16		21	30	.314	.383	.535	.918	92		0	1	3
Donald Lightner	52	222	158	49	51	5	3	1	20	26		61	38	.323	.514	.411	.925	65		1	2	0
Charley Mellen	46	193	142	46	36	6	1	7	38	23		46	39	.254	.438	.458	.895	65		2	1	2
Jon Hockenberry	36	154	127	26	27	6	2	4	26	5		20	39	.213	.331	.386	.717	49		4	0	3
Ubaldo Valdes	45	148	107	25	26	2	2	8	26	0		39	34	.243	.453	.523	.976	56		2	0	0
Louis Holcomb	36	133	112	20	25	4	3	0	13	5		19	26	.223	.331	.312	.643	35		0	0	2
Haley Young	49	185	151	33	25	2	2	4	14	8		34	63	.166	.319	.285	.604	43		0	0	0
Ronnie Walker	36	130	105	13	22	2	0	0	11	6		22	39	.210	.338	.229	.567	24		0	0	3
Owen Johnson	28	80	73	8	19	5	1	2	20	2		7	22	.260	.325	.438	.763	32		0	0	0
William Soder	17	49	42	6	15	3	0	0	3	0		7	3	.357	.449	.429	.878	18		0	0	0
Jerry Johnson	18	52	47	4	12	2	0	0	10	0		4	7	.255	.308	.298	.606	14		0	0	1
Lee May	19	79	59	8	12	3	1	0	10	4		17	18	.203	.392	.288	.681	17		2	0	1
Dale Heidel	9	31	31		8									.258	.258	.258	.516	8
John Ullmann	11	44	36	7	8	1	2	0	1	0		7	15	.222	.349	.361	.710	13		0	1	0
Chris Short	15	44	39	7	8	3	1	0	2	1		2	8	.205	.244	.333	.577	13		0	3	0
Robert George	24	30	27	9	5	1	1	0	2	1		3	8	.185	.267	.296	.563	8		0	0	0
Bob Fischer	3	12	12		4									.333	.333	.333	.667	4
Robert Whelan	9	12	12		4									.333	.333	.333	.667	4
Freddie Hernandez	4	16	16		3									.188	.188	.188	.375	3
Al Pacholke	14	21	18	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		3	10	.167	.286	.167	.452	3		0	0	0
Edward Hughes	15	28	22	4	3	0	0	2	7	0		6	10	.136	.321	.409	.731	9		0	0	0
David Steplitus	13	26	26	2	3	0	0	0	2	0		0	15	.115	.115	.115	.231	3		0	0	0
Michael Nagy	17	56	46	7	3	2	0	1	5	0		10	18	.065	.232	.174	.406	8		0	0	0
Edward Reifert	8	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Dudley Freeman	3	11	11		2									.182	.182	.182	.364	2
James Farland	20	26	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	15	.077	.077	.077	.154	2		0	0	0
Edward Lockhart	20	23	15	3	1	0	0	0	1	0		5	4	.067	.300	.067	.367	1		0	3	0
Bob Gontkosky	15	25	18	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		3	11	.056	.190	.222	.413	4		0	4	0
Joseph Persiponko	4	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	810	2817	2306	471	579	79	34	51	349	141	0	447	626	.251	.374	.381	.755	879	0	19	25	20	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
James Nidds	1B	53	349	20	9	35	.976	6.962
Lee May	1B	19	125	8	5	6	.964	7.000
James Hatfield	2B	46	95	88	14	13	.929	3.978
Louis Holcomb	2B	19	39	35	5	9	.937	3.895
Haley Young	2B	11	15	15	2	2	.938	2.727
Richard Shepler	3B	64	49	105	22	7	.875	2.406
Ubaldo Valdes	C	35	334	31	6	2	.984	1.429	3
Owen Johnson	C	18	137	8	8	2	.948	8.056	6
William Soder	C	15	116	3	3	0	.975	7.933	1
Jerry Johnson	C	11	105	9	8	0	.934	1.364	4
Donald Lightner	OF	51	95	1	3	0	.970	1.882
Charley Mellen	OF	45	42	4	3	1	.939	1.022
Jon Hockenberry	OF	34	55	6	2	1	.968	1.794
Ronnie Walker	OF	33	40	5	6	1	.882	1.364
Haley Young	OF	22	30	2	2	0	.941	1.455
Michael Nagy	OF	15	15	1	1	0	.941	1.067
John Ullmann	OF	11	18	0	1	0	.947	1.636
James Farland	P	20	3	15	2	2	.900	.900
Edward Lockhart	P	17	2	11	0	1	1.000	.765
Robert George	P	16	1	9	2	0	.833	.625
Chris Short	P	15	7	20	1	1	.964	1.800
Edward Hughes	P	15	4	9	2	1	.867	.867
Bob Gontkosky	P	15	2	5	1	0	.875	.467
Al Pacholke	P	14	1	9	0	0	1.000	.714
David Steplitus	P	13	2	12	1	0	.933	1.077
Robert Whelan	P	9						.000
Edward Reifert	P	7						.000
Joseph Persiponko	P	4						.000
Joe Edson	P	3						.000
Jimmy Shively	P	1						.000
Jerry Johnson	P	1						.000
Bobby Wine	SS	53	63	131	24	16	.890	3.660
Haley Young	SS	15	17	24	7	1	.854	2.733
Louis Holcomb	SS	10	12	19	3	3	.912	3.100
Totals		730	1773	605	143	104	.943	3.258	14	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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